All articles by Alex Funk
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NewsPollard Thomas Edwards gets planning for 723 new homes in north London
Scheme constitutes final two phases of the Alma Estate regeneration
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NewsHaworth Tompkins gets green light for 885 homes in Wembley
Plans are architect’s largest residential scheme to date
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NewsGovernment reveals recipients of £1.3bn social housing retrofit funding
Anchor, Bromford, Clarion and Flagship are among the housing associations awarded ‘Warm Homes’ money
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NewsFCBS and Maccreanor Lavington outline proposals for 7,000-homes next to Strangeways Prison
Scheme proposes makeover for 130ha site spanning Manchester and Salford
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NewsBuckley Gray Yeoman replaces Collado Collins on 580-home Shredded Wheat factory scheme
New team brought in after previous scheme went into receivership
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NewsRayner vows to ‘fix the system’ after report links 74 child deaths to temporary accommodation
Deputy prime minister describes findings by group of MPs as ‘shocking’
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NewsCorstorphine & Wright’s Bristol student block gets OK
Building will be tallest in Temple Quarter regeneration
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NewsStudio Egret West’s 4,500-home Manchester regeneration scheme poised for green light
Holt Town project aims to deliver 20% ‘genuinely affordable housing’
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NewsHousing planning approvals plummet to record-low, says HBF
Unit approvals must increase by over 150% if government is to meet its 370,000-home annual target
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NewsNew RICS president warns skills shortage could ‘derail’ Starmer’s housebuilding plans
Justin Sullivan says demand for skilled workers is “white hot” as industry requires 250,000 extra bodies by 2028
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NewsLDA Design’s 4,500-home South Cambridgeshire masterplan gets green light after four-year delay
A complaint from the Enviroment Agency put scheme on back burner in January 2021
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NewsHistoric England rounds up most ‘remarkable’ 2024 heritage listings
A brutalist church, a 1930s house and a mock Tudor pub among highlights of buildings given protection this year
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NewsLocal groups raise concern over height of towers at Earls Court redevelopment
Tallest building will be 42 storeys
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NewsBDP wins approval for Swansea council houses
The 156-unit energy efficient scheme forms part of the council’s wider efforts to increase affordable housing supply
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NewsPlans approved for FCB Studios’ new affordable neighbourhood in Greater Manchester
English Cities Fund (ECF) will deliver 90 affordable homes built to Passivhaus standards on brownfield land
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NewsPractices ‘increasingly cautious’ about staffing as sector confidence weakens, says RIBA report
October has seen rising pessimism across workloads and recruitment compared to the previous month
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NewsFounder’s retirement prompts sale of Scottish architecture practice
Stewart Davidson sells DBP to employee-owned CSY Architects
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NewsAlt Studios announces courtyard mews plans for failing hotel site
The “sustainable” proposals include eight dwellings and a private courtyard
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NewsGreen light for dMFK’s plans to repurpose grade-II listed Camden police station
Court rooms and prison cells from the 1913 law enforcement centre will be restored or converted for modern day use
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NewsCouncils holding £8bn of builder contributions meant for vital infrastructure, says HBF
Local authorities hit hard by the housing crisis are sitting on the highest sums of affordable home funding